“A Suburbanite Briefs a Historian”
1. A Suburbanite Briefs a Historian by Ernest Hilbert 2. Suburbanite Briefs a Historian by Ernest Hilbert Oh, Lord, the middle class is so damned dull. I am sure you have heard… Read More
“Asphodel” by A.E. Stallings
(after the words of Penny Turner, Nymphaion, Greece) Our guide turned in her saddle, broke the spell: “You ride now through a field of asphodel, The flower that grows on the plains… Read More
“The War Correspondent Returns to his Neighborhood” by Ernest Hilbert
1. The War Correspondent Returns to His Neighborhood by Ernest Hilbert Summertime, I hear gunshots from the street. The windows of my narrow apartment Are open for lack of a working AC.… Read More
“Minotaur” by Joanna Pearson
One of the finest poems I've read so far this year. I nearly teared up a bit on the trolley this morning. Joanna Pearson is a poet of great skill, sensitivity, and… Read More
“Thoughts upon Reading George Gissing’s New Grub Street” by Ernest Hilbert
Avoid creditors but court your editors. A lukewarm notice in the Times is like Heroin and sex combined, remember. Bring extra pens and aspirin for your tours, And scan the weekly lists… Read More
“White Noise” by Ernest Hilbert
The past does not fade, nor does it decline; It merely grows louder, slightly, tone by tone, Until its vast din is blank as silence. The grand chords boom on for some… Read More
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After a not-so-brief hiatus, the E-Verse team is back. If you ever wondered what would happen if a man engaged in a battle of wits with a flip flop . . .… Read More
E-Verse Breaks 14,000 Readers for the Month (14,356 to Be Precise)!
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“At the Grave of Thomas Eakins, Late Winter” by Ernest Hilbert
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“Milkweed and Monarch” by Paul Muldoon
The rain comes flapping through the yard like a tablecloth that she hand-embroidered. My mother has left it on the line. It is sodden with rain. The mushroom shed is windowless, wide,… Read More
“Parting” by A.R. Ammons
She was already lean when a stroke or two slapped her face like drawn claw prints: akilter, she ate less and sat too much on the edge of beds looking a width… Read More
E-Verse Breaks 13,000 Readers for May
Unlucky? Yeah, but we’re on our way to 14,000, so we had to hit 13,000 at some point! Thanks for stopping by. Spread the word if you like E-Verse Radio.… Read More
“A Sad Last Number for the Gentlemen at the Tavern” by Ernest Hilbert
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“Not Writing” by Jane Kenyon
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“Biglin Brothers Racing” by Ernest Hilbert
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Keith hasn’t looked his best for well-nigh half a century now, but only recently has he begun to actually resemble George Lucas’s hapless bounty hunter Greedo. Have a look. Thanks to E-Verser… Read More
“Dear Plato” by Ernest Hilbert
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“Imbibe” by CA Conrad
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“A Blessing” by James Wright
Just off the Highway to Rochester, Minnesota Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness. They have come gladly out of the… Read More
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“Ariel” by Sylvia Plath
Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue Pour of tor and distances. God’s lioness, How one we grow, Pivot of heels and knees!—The furrow Splits and passes, sister to The brown arc… Read More
“After Callimachus” by Stephen Burt
Cover me quietly, stone. I wrote verse. I meant little in life, blamed few and injured none; I tried to get along. My writings kept me warm. If I with my featherlight… Read More
Selections from Paul Siegell’s latest book, wild life rifle fire
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“Names of Horses” by Donald Hall
E-Verse photographer Niamh is part of the horsey set, so we’ve decided to run a few equestrian poems in honor of her passionate pastime. Here’s the first, by Donald Hall. Hall began… Read More
“*E.T. POEM HOME*” by Paul Siegell
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“Sonnet [Nothing was ever what it claimed to be]” by Karen Volkman
Nothing was ever what it claimed to be, the earth, blue egg, in its seeping shell dispensing damage like a hollow hell inchling weeping for a minor sea ticking its tidelets, x… Read More
“You Want an Orchestra? You Got It!” Photos from the “Elegies and Laments” Sessions for Ernest Hilbert’s Album Legendary Misbehavior
Recording sessions have begun for the fourth section of my spoken word album Legendary Misbehavior, on Pub Can Records. The section, titled “Elegies and Laments,” calls for strings. Composer Christopher LaRosa wrote… Read More
“The Ancient Sailor Leaves his Heartless Patrician Lover to Her Lyre” by Ernest Hilbert
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